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On Thanksgiving Day we went for a walk. Just Meena and me. Meena took pictures of things that interested her. Like broken trees. I took pictures of things that interested me. Like Meena. Meena dropped seeds for the chickadees. Then other animals came. I took pictures of the animals. Meena took pictures of the animals. I took pictures of […]

When ζach asked me what I wanted to do on my birthday, three things came to mind, but I only told him two: go geocaching together, and have a cake with leftovers that could go to the office the next day (instead of sitting on the counter calling my name for the next week). I didn’t say “take a […]

My kids are awesome. I mean this in the truest sense of the word: they put me in awe. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not trying to engage in some stupid my-kid-was-toilet-trained-first nonsense; I’m sure your kids are awesome too. And in the interest of our friendship, I’ll even pretend that they’re as awesome as […]

So I realize that I haven’t been all that much fun to be around lately, but if you can bear with me a little longer, I need some help with this one. For anyone who has somehow been spared my Facebook moaning, the virtual ink had barely dried on this tale of woe when we […]

A couple of weeks ago, ζach suggested we build a rink in the back yard. The stunned silence that greeted this proposal is a post of its own, but since today was the best weather we can expect for a while, a balmy +8°C and rainy, we built the frame.